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you'z a big baby!
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When you are locked away in a cage like environment, under artificial lighting, and working with sick and somewhat unintelligent patients, pharmacists sometimes come off as rude and insulting.
However, if you ever met me and you thought I was rude and insulting, you are probably right. I was being rude and insulting 🙂
However, if you ever met me and you thought I was rude and insulting, you are probably right. I was being rude and insulting 🙂
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Chill out.
First of all, it's no picnic to go through a 0-6 pharm. program. To make up for the ease of getting in, we have high attrition rates. Try telling how easy 0-6 programs are to a person who fails out of one...that'll get them pissed.
Secondly, some people really do need advice about what school to get. A website that lists all the stats is one thing, but real experiences from the people who go to these schools are another thing. I wish I had known about SDN forums when I was in high school. I would have definitely asked for college advice, and that may have changed the college I would be going to now.
First of all, it's no picnic to go through a 0-6 pharm. program. To make up for the ease of getting in, we have high attrition rates. Try telling how easy 0-6 programs are to a person who fails out of one...that'll get them pissed.
Secondly, some people really do need advice about what school to get. A website that lists all the stats is one thing, but real experiences from the people who go to these schools are another thing. I wish I had known about SDN forums when I was in high school. I would have definitely asked for college advice, and that may have changed the college I would be going to now.
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Um, to anyone that hasn't noticed, this is from a 04/12/2007 post.
But, while it's still up here, I'll throw in my perspective:
I think the pharmacist is just trying to humor the situation by being brutally honest. Quite literally, you are working for free. Some people get paid to do this. Hell, some people get paid to do the job more poorly. Some people are being paid just to get trained to the point that you're at. And yet, you're doing it for free. If you were to measure things in a purely financial perspective, well, yup, you're a sucker.
But things aren't measured purely on a person's wage or salary. Money is a dominating, and hackneyed, aspect in society, but as a volunteer, despite the fact that everyone loves money, that's not what you're looking for. You're hoping to find experience, build character, build connections, and have something nice to show on your resume. And the thing is, most people will know that's what you're trying to do as a volunteer. And to me, this is where the humor is: That there are all these other subjective and intangible gains, but she chooses to point out the one glaring deficiency about being a volunteer - money.
When I've volunteered, I've never been shy to use synonyms to describe the job, including ones that poke fun at the non-paid nature of the position. The idea doesn't really bother me, and if someone called me a "sucker" and then had the overtness to add "just kidding" afterwards, I would have at least returned a smile.
--Garfield3d
But, while it's still up here, I'll throw in my perspective:
I think the pharmacist is just trying to humor the situation by being brutally honest. Quite literally, you are working for free. Some people get paid to do this. Hell, some people get paid to do the job more poorly. Some people are being paid just to get trained to the point that you're at. And yet, you're doing it for free. If you were to measure things in a purely financial perspective, well, yup, you're a sucker.
But things aren't measured purely on a person's wage or salary. Money is a dominating, and hackneyed, aspect in society, but as a volunteer, despite the fact that everyone loves money, that's not what you're looking for. You're hoping to find experience, build character, build connections, and have something nice to show on your resume. And the thing is, most people will know that's what you're trying to do as a volunteer. And to me, this is where the humor is: That there are all these other subjective and intangible gains, but she chooses to point out the one glaring deficiency about being a volunteer - money.
When I've volunteered, I've never been shy to use synonyms to describe the job, including ones that poke fun at the non-paid nature of the position. The idea doesn't really bother me, and if someone called me a "sucker" and then had the overtness to add "just kidding" afterwards, I would have at least returned a smile.
--Garfield3d
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Yeah, I mentioned that the post was archaic after the first person drudged it up Garfield3d. This post needs to be let to die since the OP probably won't be reading this anymore nor probably cares about anything anyone has to say.
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It's still remarkably amusing to see this thread around, though. Maybe we should try this again next year and see if the succeeding generation is more spry.
--Garfield3d
--Garfield3d
